Coal vase or holder



(No Model.)

. F. M. TUCKER.

GOAL VASE 0R HOLDER.

No. 421.787'. Y Patented Feb. 18. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,"

FRANCIS MARION TUCKER, OF OXFORD, OHIO.

COAL VASE OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 421,787, dated February 18, 1890.

Application filed December 7, 1889. Serial No.332,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS MARION TUCKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Oxford, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal Vases or Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being Vhad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in coal vases or holders, having for its object the provision of a' vase or holder for retaining a maximum amount of coal, to which access is readily had.

The invention comprises a vase orholder having a lower receptacle, and a removable vbucket designed to fit in said vase and provided with a removable or-slidingbottom, whereby the coal contained therein is emptied into said lower receptacle, the latter as well as the top of the holder being provided with hinged lids or covers, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, andv particularly l pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the coal-bucket. 4 is a front end viewl vase or holder.

B is the coal-bucket designed to fit Within the vase or-holder A, the same being lifted therefrom by a handle or bail b, secured to its upper end. a movable bottom or slide b', moving on guides b2 of bucket B. These guides are designed to rest on opposite lugs b3, secured to the sides of vase A. The bottom or slide b is provided with a short depending klug or handle C, by which the operator can move said bottom to empty the contents of bucket B into the receptacle a. This lug also serves as a leg or support for the bucket when the latter is removed, and is thus held in a nearly vertical position while being filled with coal or other fuel.

In practice, bucket B is first removed and This bucket is provided with filled with coal, after which it is placed within vase or holder A, being supported by lugs b3. The upper lid or cover a2 being closed,

the lower lid a is then opened, and the opp erator withdraws the movable bottom or slide b', permitting the coal to empty into the receptacle a, from which it can be readily re# moved by shovel or tongs, or in any other v manner.

My invention thus constructed presents a neat appearance, and provides simple and efficient means for having a supply of fuel conveniently at hand and at the same time keep the bucket concealedl from view.

I claim as my invention* p l. As an improved article of manufacture, a coal vase or holder having a lower receptacle for holding coal and a front opening, and

a removable bucket located in and corre# sponding to the upper portion of said vase or holder and having a movable bottom or slide whereby coal can be supplied to said receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a coal vase or holder having a lower receptacle and provided with inner opposite lugs, and a removable bucket resting o n said lugs and fitting in the upper portion of said vase or holder and having a movable bottom, or

having a lower inclined end and opposite guides, and the movable bottom or slide restingon said guides and having a lug or `liandie projecting therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my sign ature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS MARION TUCKER.

Witnesses:

F. J. GONE, PHILIP J. FABER.

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